Lexical Definition

‎בַּר‎ bar (bar) pure ^H:A
from ‎בָּרַר‎ (in its various senses)

choice, clean, clear, pure.

• beloved
• also pure, empty

adj
1) pure, clear, sincere
2) clean, empty
adv
3) purely

See Greek: ἄμεμπτος · γεννάω · ἐκλεκτός · ἐνδεής · ἔξω · εὐθέως · εὐθύς · θησαυρός · καθαρός · σῖτος

Extended Information

• adj
• adv

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: בָּר

II. ‎בַּר‎ corn, III. ‎בַּר‎ pure, ‎בָּר‎, I. II. ‎בֹּר‎ see ‎ברר‎.

II. ‎בַּר‎ adjective pure, clean, Job 11:4; Ps 24:4 ‎בָּר‎ Prov 14:4 plural construct ‎בָּרֵי‎ Ps 73:1 feminine ‎בָּרָה‎ Ps 19:9*; Song 6:9; Song 6:10 —

1. pure, clear: ‎בר לבב‎ pure in heart Ps 24:4 ‎ברי לבב‎ Ps 73:1 a pure damsel Song 6:9; Song 6:10, man Job 11:4, commands of God Ps 19:9*.

2. clean: ‎אֵבוּס בָּר‎ crib is clean Prov 14:4.

3. perhaps adverb ‎נַשְּׁקובַֿר‎ kiss purely, of sincere homage Ps 2:12 but compare I. ‎בַּר‎, p. 135.

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